People QuickFacts Riverton Utah Population, 2006 estimate 35,543 2,550,063 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 42.1% 14.2% Population, 2000 25,011 2,233,169 Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 12.4% 9.4% Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 42.6% 32.2% Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 3.3% 8.5% Female persons, percent, 2000 49.7% 49.9%  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 96.4% 89.2% Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2% 0.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2% 1.3% Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.7% 1.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2% 0.7% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.2% 2.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 3.2% 9.0%  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 50.4% 49.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 2.0% 7.1% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 5.3% 12.5% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 93.2% 87.7% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 23.3% 26.1% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 27.0 21.3  Housing units, 2000 6,555 768,594 Homeownership rate, 2000 94.0% 71.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $173,000 $146,100  Households, 2000 6,348 701,281 Persons per household, 2000 3.93 3.13 Median household income, 1999 $63,980 $45,726 Per capita money income, 1999 $17,643 $18,185 Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 2.6% 9.4%     Business QuickFacts Riverton Utah Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 27,005 22,905,100 Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 70,623 23,675,432 Retail sales per capita, 2002 $2,496 $10,132 Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 11,763 2,984,632 Total number of firms, 2002 2,418 193,003 Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 F 0.3% American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 F 0.6% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 F 1.5% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 F 2.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 F 0.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 28.4% 25.1%      Geography QuickFacts Riverton Utah Land area, 2000 (square miles) 12 82,143 Persons per square mile, 2000 1,989.7 27.2 FIPS Code 64340 49 Counties Salt Lake County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts